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Is anyone here in London? Do you know of anywhere to get most of the above bikes? I think I have to go for either the Bianchi Pista or the Langster (seems you're all recommending Pista, as it's steel), but I'd like a greater range - the IRO in particular looks great.
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Talk to Tony at IRO about shipping to London. That'd be your best bet.
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Originally Posted by kilburnfixie
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Originally Posted by Aeroplane
It was discussed in the Interbike thread, here are some thoughts:
1. Supposedly, SE Racing has been purchased by the same folks that own Mercier, Windsor, Motobecane, Dawes, et al. So, definitely a cheap bike. On Fujis factory website their BMX bikes are SE's. BikeDirect does Fuji rebranding for a lot of thier roadbikes. 6 degrees of.....................inbreeding ??? |
Originally Posted by -=Łem in Pa=-
On Fujis factory website their BMX bikes are SE's.
Originally Posted by Todd Lyons
Then the company laid dormant for years. No bikes were produced or sold. A few years later in 2002, ASI (which also owns Fuji Bikes USA) bought the brand and resurrected the company.
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Originally Posted by kilburnfixie
Is anyone here in London? Do you know of anywhere to get most of the above bikes? I think I have to go for either the Bianchi Pista or the Langster (seems you're all recommending Pista, as it's steel), but I'd like a greater range - the IRO in particular looks great.
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Originally Posted by slim_77
I'll do that...
Man, I had a friend that didn't check and he ate it hard after a catastrophic failure...real hard. What about tapping the frame with a hammer to listen for odd reverberations? Is that just pi$$ing into the wind? |
Originally Posted by mihlbach
Your probably going to be able to see a crack long before you hear it.
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Originally Posted by Surferbruce
just got off the phone with bianchiusa and basically it sounded like the factory mistakenly boxed up some san jose's with pista wheels. he said the bike should come as spec'd with the freehub but right now it's a crap shoot because they don't know how many boxed in the warehouse have the fixed wheel. he did say if it came fixed they would replace with a freewheel if i wanted but not the other way around.
hope i get lucky. Looks nice, rides well. 42x17 is way low for me, I feel like I'm going so slow! I need to work on my spin. Guess this will do. :D |
Originally Posted by ducati
Looks nice, rides well. 42x17 is way low for me, I feel like I'm going so slow! I need to work on my spin. Guess this will do. :D
it's great for rough and steep offroad stuff, but i was spinning my ass off in traffic. got passed by a little girl on a magna. it was awesome. just to keep this on topic, it was my relatively new iro rob roy, which i love. |
Originally Posted by ducati
I picked up my San Jose last night. I got lucky--fixed installed (17t) flipflop rear hub, Pista wheelset.
Looks nice, rides well. 42x17 is way low for me, I feel like I'm going so slow! I need to work on my spin. Guess this will do. :D |
Originally Posted by ducati
I picked up my San Jose last night. I got lucky--fixed installed (17t) flipflop rear hub, Pista wheelset.
Looks nice, rides well. 42x17 is way low for me, I feel like I'm going so slow! I need to work on my spin. Guess this will do. :D (Thanks, Sheldon Brown!) 42x17 with 170 cranks and 700x32 tires = 66.7 gear inches 42x17 with 170 cranks and 700x38 tires = 67.5 gear inches You also get a higher bottom bracket and a cushier ride in the deal. My singlespeed Cross Check is running 42x17 and 40mm tires. So fun. |
ok,
a couple from the u.k. on-one pompino http://www.m-gineering.nl/pompinoside1.jpg really nice comfy ride, with bosses for everything. cheap too. and, condor pista's http://www.condorcycles.com/showBike.php?id=46 really reputable shop - they've been making bikes for years and years. |
what colors do the IRO angus come in?
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Originally Posted by -=£em in Pa=-
On Fujis factory website their BMX bikes are SE's.
BikeDirect does Fuji rebranding for a lot of thier roadbikes. 6 degrees of.....................inbreeding ??? EDIT: and i'm not talking about BMX EDIT EDIT: And I believe they're called the ale, the stout, and the lager.. no ***** |
Originally Posted by carssuck666
what colors do the IRO angus come in?
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Originally Posted by Aeroplane
The point was that Mercier (not KHS), Windsor, and Dawes are all owned by the same company. They may contract out work to different manufacturers, but they all sell direct through bikesdirect.com, and a chain of stores that are also owned by the same company.
It does have an american bottom bracket shell, that's what I was pointing out by saying that it has one-piece cranks. With an American BB shell, it's easy to find blinging BMX parts to put in it, since a lot of BMX bikes use the same shell. don't know if it's been mentioned since the op, but just to point out that there are adapters to run a euro bb in an american bb shell, so you can run track cranks if you wish |
are these moth bikes any good? they are pretty cheap, has anyone had any experience with one?
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g5...1/mothFGrs.jpg |
Actually I already had, and he hasn't got back to me; but I have a feeling it actually won't be so economical, and might be quite difficult. Plus - the service for which he's reknowned can't be imported.
What are people's views on the fuji versus the bianchi pista? Are they very similar? And I came across today the Terry Dolan bikes - any views? I liked the ride (but not really budget).
Originally Posted by el twe
Talk to Tony at IRO about shipping to London. That'd be your best bet.
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For the women here: how important is it for a guy to ride a good looking bike? I had been thinking of the Specialised Langster, but I just don't like the look of it. And I do like riding a long and people telling me how nice my bike looks (happened today while test-riding the Bianchi and the Terry Dolan). Most people think it's ridiculous for that to be a serious concern - but did they not consider the looks when buying their car?
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MORE updates one the pake. I've now ridden it on the track and on a long road ride. It performed well, not great, but respectably on the track. it felt solid and held a line while sprinting. wouldn't recommend it as a track specific bike, but if you want one bike to do it all it would work. and I put 140 miles on it yesterday. very comfy, rode a 45-17 (16.9 avg). nothing hurts today and nothing hurt yesterday. recommended. rode it to chicago, then did a race. i like it a lot. for the money i really like this bike. it just keeps getting better for me. a solid performer all around.
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Originally Posted by kilburnfixie
For the women here: how important is it for a guy to ride a good looking bike?
if you want to impress girls, i'd suggest a car. preferably a mustang or a corvette. you can always pull a quality girl with a 'vette. |
Originally Posted by rustang
is this a joke? girls don't give a **** about bikes and if they do, they'll know enough about them to realize that you're a ****ing toolshed long before you ever have a chance.
if you want to impress girls, i'd suggest a car. preferably a mustang or a corvette. you can always pull a quality girl with a 'vette. as for fujis and se's.. they are the same company.. i forget the name.. something super generic? pacific sports or something.. in philly.. they bought se racing.. bummer |
Originally Posted by sloppy robot
awesome..its true.. by asking the question.. you already lost
as for fujis and se's.. they are the same company.. i forget the name.. something super generic? pacific sports or something.. in philly.. they bought se racing.. bummer |
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